Larry L. Peterson
Encyclopedia
Prof. Larry L. Peterson is a noted American
computer scientist
at Princeton University
, in Princeton, New Jersey
.
Dr. Peterson received his B.S. in Computer Science
from Kearney State College, Nebraska
, in 1979, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from Purdue University
in 1982 and 1985, respectively. He then served as a professor at the University of Arizona
, where he led its Network Systems Research Group and was involved in the design and implementation of the x-kernel and Scout operating systems, the Profile and Univers naming services, and the Psync communication protocol.
Dr. Peterson is currently the Robert E. Kahn
Professor of Computer Science at Princeton, where he also serves as Department Chair and Director of the PlanetLab
Consortium. In this role, he chaired planning efforts for the National Science Foundation
's GENI Initiative. He has also served as Editor-in-Chief of the Association for Computing Machinery
(ACM) Transactions on Computer Systems, on the Editorial Board for the IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking and the IEEE Journal on Select Areas in Communication, and program chair for SOSP, NSDI, and HotNets. He is an ACM Fellow.
United States
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computer scientist
Computer scientist
A computer scientist is a scientist who has acquired knowledge of computer science, the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their application in computer systems....
at Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
, in Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton is a community located in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It is best known as the location of Princeton University, which has been sited in the community since 1756...
.
Dr. Peterson received his B.S. in Computer Science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
from Kearney State College, Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....
, in 1979, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from Purdue University
Purdue University
Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...
in 1982 and 1985, respectively. He then served as a professor at the University of Arizona
University of Arizona
The University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885...
, where he led its Network Systems Research Group and was involved in the design and implementation of the x-kernel and Scout operating systems, the Profile and Univers naming services, and the Psync communication protocol.
Dr. Peterson is currently the Robert E. Kahn
Bob Kahn
Robert Elliot Kahn is an American Internet pioneer, engineer and computer scientist, who, along with Vinton G. Cerf, invented the Transmission Control Protocol and the Internet Protocol , the fundamental communication protocols at the heart of the Internet.-Career:After receiving a B.E.E...
Professor of Computer Science at Princeton, where he also serves as Department Chair and Director of the PlanetLab
PlanetLab
PlanetLab is a group of computers available as a testbed for computer networking and distributed systems research. It was established in 2002 by Prof. Larry L. Peterson, and as of June 2010 was composed of 1090 nodes at 507 sites worldwide...
Consortium. In this role, he chaired planning efforts for the National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health...
's GENI Initiative. He has also served as Editor-in-Chief of the Association for Computing Machinery
Association for Computing Machinery
The Association for Computing Machinery is a learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 as the world's first scientific and educational computing society. Its membership is more than 92,000 as of 2009...
(ACM) Transactions on Computer Systems, on the Editorial Board for the IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking and the IEEE Journal on Select Areas in Communication, and program chair for SOSP, NSDI, and HotNets. He is an ACM Fellow.
See also
- GENI: Global Environment for Network Innovations